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Moedred
02-10-2009, 04:38 AM
Who remembers? It started innocently enough, sharing, anticipating (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/372b7df360f80c0b)... followed by pleasant (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/bfb3f36ee45afce2) discussion (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/def76bd6df880173), but then Ken Greer from Ball State crashed (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/a7052d81dd11304c) the party.
Hey I'm very sorry to interrupt this most fascinating and stimulating conversation you people are having about "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," but: WHO CARES
I have never seen so many over-analytical dumbasses in one place in my entire life. I mean, like who gives a **** if some damn airplane had an automatic starter, if the swastika on one officer's lapel was backwards and its significance to us, if River Phoenix has longer hair than he should in 1912, or if a German butler knew who Mickey Mouse was, etc. I mean, do you feel more manly because you can point out a few meaningless indiscrepancies? Do you feel the movie was absolutely ruined because of these "major mistakes?" Did you, like, pay six bucks so you could sit down and take notes of this movie and figure out every type of airplane, tank, car, uniform, etc..and its historic relevance? If i wanted to do that i'd take a cinema 101 class for Christ's sake!!!
It's a goddamn MOVIE!!!! You're supposed to have FUN watching it!!!!! What's your problem? Don't you like having FUN or must you analyze every single goddamn thing that presents itself to you? You go to a movie to escape reality and enjoy it, not compare it to real life!!!
"Like gee, do you think they used Me-109's? Let's consult Jane's Book of Aircraft and find out! Plus we can find out if the Nazi's occupied Egypt in 1936 and their swastika's were backwards and they used a pre-Nazi era tank not manufactured in Germany, if the ****in' plane has an automatic starter or not!" "Oh, ok"
Oh ooooooohhhhh!!!! Get a real life you people! stop nitpicking! don't you have anything better to do with your lives? Oh when was the last time you were on a real date? when's the last time you kissed a girl????????? 'nuff said.
Come back and fight like a man, Ken! I'll be waiting.

KVoss
02-10-2009, 04:41 AM
Wow. A movie was six bucks then.:D Forgot about that...

metalinvader
02-10-2009, 04:49 AM
Ken Greer's argument,As right as he is,Sounds very familiar....Like something that happened earlier this year.

I can't place my finger on it.:p

WrathofGod
02-10-2009, 05:04 AM
Wow. A movie was six bucks then.:D Forgot about that...

Yeah cheap, now you have to take out a second mortgage, especially if you want popcorn.:(

HovitosKing
02-10-2009, 08:42 AM
Who remembers? It started innocently enough, sharing, anticipating (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/372b7df360f80c0b)... followed by pleasant (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/bfb3f36ee45afce2) discussion (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/def76bd6df880173), but then Ken Greer from Ball State crashed (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/a7052d81dd11304c) the party.

Come back and fight like a man, Ken! I'll be waiting.

Ken makes a good point. And btw, my local matinee is only $6.50 or so...

Nurhachi1991
02-10-2009, 09:31 AM
Wow this was way before I was an Indy fan hell it was even before I was born.:hat:

DocWhiskey
02-10-2009, 02:30 PM
The internet existed back in 1989?!
:p

Stoo
02-10-2009, 03:04 PM
The internet existed back in 1989?!
:pThe first I'd heard of it was c.1992 (and didn't get on-board until '96) but I *think* newsgroups existed as early as 1988.
Anyway, those old posts are really weird to read, considering how old they are.:eek: Has Moedred really been on-line that long?:confused:

Moedred
02-10-2009, 03:15 PM
Has Moedred really been on-line that long?
First post anywhere, Sunday Jan 8 1995 10:55 pm.

Pale Horse
02-10-2009, 03:45 PM
The internet existed back in 1989?!
:p


Yep, and global warming too, according to Al Gore.

Finn
02-10-2009, 04:02 PM
I think it's easier to find things that don't exist now than things that didn't exist back then.

Rocket Surgeon
02-10-2009, 05:28 PM
Ah pleasant discussion! Timeless!:dead:

EvilDevo
02-10-2009, 06:09 PM
Press N to avoid spoilers!!

col.dietrich
02-10-2009, 07:07 PM
well ken, if you dont like my people(indy nerds) i am going to start listing indy trivia that only an indy nerd would know

1.tall captin is the man belloq talks to on the nazi island who is standing on the balcanie(sp?) and is played by tony vogel.
2. ronald lacey had to shave his head for toht, you can the stuble on his head
3.tohts full name is MAJOR ARNOLD TOHT
4.the chinies(sp?) looking soilder in KotCS is called LINKON
5. dovkenko was born in Sibirea and is trained in the martal art Sambo.

i could go on forever but idont wanna.

metalinvader
02-10-2009, 08:08 PM
well ken, if you dont like my people(indy nerds) i am going to start listing indy trivia that only an indy nerd would know

1.tall captin is the man belloq talks to on the nazi island who is standing on the balcanie(sp?) and is played by tony vogel.
2. ronald lacey had to shave his head for toht, you can the stuble on his head
3.tohts full name is MAJOR ARNOLD TOHT
4.the chinies(sp?) looking soilder in KotCS is called LINKON
5. dovkenko was born in Sibirea and is trained in the martal art Sambo.

i could go on forever but idont wanna.


Somehow,I doubt Ken will be reading your post.:p

Moedred
02-11-2009, 11:12 PM
This (http://groups.google.com/group/net.rumor/browse_thread/thread/280c572075031b4e) is what I think the internet does best: squash rumors. Though in the early 90's my very smart friends were convinced all women of Star Trek were former porn stars. Photo manipulation was unknown... or perhaps it was unimaginable someone would waste time doing it.

I bet these guys mouned the end of an era when college kids mobbed Usenet. I love the UUCP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uucp) !'s (bangs) in their emails... are they Bushmen?
Bang paths of eight to ten machines (or hops) were not uncommon in 1981, and late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both transmission time and reliability, as messages would often get lost.
Sounds like the Pony Express.

Moedred
02-12-2009, 12:38 AM
From 1982:
E.T. (http://groups.google.com/group/net.movies/browse_thread/thread/7095dc96b9d0bc8c) (sneak preview spoiler!)
Revenge of the Jedi (http://groups.google.com/group/net.movies/browse_thread/thread/5a04352e42804898) starts filming...
Ford and Spielberg working on Raiders II (http://groups.google.com/group/net.movies/browse_thread/thread/4c54a6bbbf814c40)!
MacGuffin speculation (http://groups.google.com/group/net.movies/browse_thread/thread/8e57c5f25dc2c91c):
inuxa!rael - Does anybody in netland know (or have any good ideas) as to what will Indiana Jones look for on his next movie ??? My best speculation so far is the Holy Grail, but I think they'll come up with something better (the Grail is sort of corny if you ask me, and they don't have to stick with chistianity anyway).

G:wing - Indiana Jones has been looking for the Amulet of Yendor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(computer_game)) on the U.C. at Berkeley Cory system ever since earlier this year. He seems to have a problem finding it, though. Maybe next year...

Finn
02-12-2009, 02:35 PM
Though in the early 90's my very smart friends were convinced all women of Star Trek were former porn stars. Judging by the results you get when you hit "Jeri Ryan" or "Marina Sirtis" in Google Images with SafeSearch off, I wouldn't be sure at all if modern technology actually works towards debunking that assumption.

Lonsome_Drifter
02-12-2009, 02:44 PM
Judging by the results you get when you hit "Jeri Ryan" or "Marina Sirtis" in Google Images with SafeSearch off, I wouldn't be sure at all if modern technology actually works towards debunking that assumption.

I now know what you do in your spare time, Finn.

Finn
02-12-2009, 02:50 PM
That's what I do for WORK, man.